Don't wanna read the paper
I don't like bad news
Last night a man got shot

Outside the house of blues
I'd like to ignore it
I'd like to just pretend

That the reason for it
Is something I can comprehend


I don't listen to the radio
Last time it made me cry
Two boys went crazy

Fifteen kids died
And I don't know their families
I don't ask 'em how they're going

They're on the other side of the world
But it's way too close to home


I've got something to say
And I thought it might be worth a
mention

If you're not pissed off at the world
Then you're just not paying attention
And you can turn off the TV

And go about your day
But just 'cos you don't see it
It don't mean its gone away hey


We don't talk to our neighbours
They've got funny coloured skin

We see 'em out on the sidewalk
But we don't invite 'em in
We only eat when we're hungry

And we throw the rest away
While babies in Cambodia
Are starving everyday


We risk our lives
We hit our wives

We act like everything is funny
We hide our pain
While we go insane

We sell our souls for money
We curse our mums
We build our bombs

We make our children cry
We watch the band
While Vietnam

Just watch their children die